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President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in four new Permanent Secretaries.

The new officials are Beatrice Jiddy-Agba, Kachollom Daju, Shehu Ibrahim and Mary Ogbe, took an oath of office on Wednesday at the Council Chamber of the State House in Abuja.

The weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting commenced afterwards.

Those who attended the meeting were Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to the Government, Boss Mustapha; Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari.

Others include National Security Adviser, retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno; Head of Civil Service, Folashade Yemi-Esan and nine ministers.

A minute silence was observed in honour of former FEC member, Tonye Graham-Douglas. NAN reported

Graham-Douglas who was 82-year-old died on Monday in a private hospital in Abuja.

He served as Minister of Aviation, Minister of Labour and Productivity, and Minister of Tourism.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday revealed that he was an orphan and he had no idea who his father was.

He made the revelation while speaking at the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential campaign rally at August 27 Stadium in Damaturu on Tuesday

The president said he had no idea who his father was and that he spent nine years in a boarding school to acquire an education that enabled him to get enlisted in the Nigerian Army.

Addressing the crowd in Hausa, Buhari said:

“Make sure you send your children to school and make them understand that whatever you have in this world can be taken away from you except the knowledge you have in your head.”

“I was an orphan; I did not know my father. I spent nine years in a boarding school and because of [my] education, I was enlisted into the Nigerian Army.”

“I want you to strengthen your faith, try your best to uphold the children and family God has entrusted to you. Do not betray that trust.”

The President Muhammadu Buhari and president-elect, Bola Tinubu, has asked the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party to seek redress over their claims that Saturday’s presidential election was marred by rigging.

It will be recalled that the opposition parties during the collation of results called for the cancellation of the election and also asked the Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, to step down from his position over claims that the election was rigged in favour of the ruling party.

However, reacting to the claims in a statement on Wednesday, the President asked the opposition party to approach the court and prove their case.

“If any candidate believes they can prove the fraud they claim is committed against them, then bring forward the evidence. If they cannot, then we must conclude that the election was indeed the people’s will – no matter how hard that may be for the losers to accept. If they feel the need to challenge, please take it to the courts, not to the streets.

“However, to do the latter means they are not doing it in the interest of the people, but rather to inflame, to put people in harm’s way and all for personal, selfish gains.

“After a degree of polarization that necessarily accompanies any election, it is now time to come together and act responsibly. I call on all candidates to remember the peace pledge they signed just days before the election. Do not undermine the credibility of INEC. Let us now move forward as one. The people have spoken,” Buhari said in a statement signed by his spokesman, Garba Shehu.

Also, the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu during his acceptance speech
urged his rivals not resort to violence but seek redress through court.

“Political competition must now give way to political conciliation and inclusive governance.
During the election, you may have been my opponent but you were never my enemy. In my heart, you are my brothers.

“Still, I know some candidates will be hard put to accept the election results. It is your right to seek legal recourse. What is neither right nor defensible is for anybody to resort to violence.

“Any challenge to the electoral outcome should be made in a court of law, and not in the streets.
I also ask my supporters to let peace reign and tensions fade. We ran a principled, peaceful and progressive campaign. The aftermath of our campaign must be as benign.

“Yes, there are divisions amongst us that should not exist. Many people are uncertain, angry and hurt; I reach out to every one of you. Let the better aspects of our humanity step forward at this fateful moment. Let us begin to heal and bring calm to our nation.”

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday announced the federal government’s plan to junk kerosene by 2030 when gas supply would have been total.

Buhari made the pronouncement in Abuja at the opening ceremony of the 15th Annual Banking and Finance Conference organised by the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN).

Mrs Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning who Represented President Buhari emphasised that long-term greenhouse emissions have resulted in hotter temperatures, more severe rainstorms, increased drought and food security issues.

“To tackle this issue, the government has set plans in motion to significantly reduce greenhouse emissions from Nigeria. More specifically, by 2030, we aim to eliminate kerosene lighting as well as short-lived pollutants in the oil and gas sector,” he said

On the raging inflation across the globe, he attributed the scary inflation figures across the world to fast-rising consumer demand in a world that was yet to fully recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, and is now facing the Russia-Ukraine war.